107.2 Limitations of Authority. The Board of Appeals

shall have no authority relative to interpretation of the administrative provisions of this code, nor shall the board be empowered to waive requirements of this code.

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TABLE 104.5 MECHANICAL PERMIT FEES Permit Issuance

1. For the issuance of each permit..................................................................................................................................._____ ¹

2. For issuing each supplemental permit for which the original permit has not expired or been canceled or finalized..................................................................................................................................................................._____ ¹

Unit Fee Schedule

1. Furnaces:

For the installation or relocation of each forced-air or gravity-type furnace or burner, including ducts and vents attached to such appliance, not exceeding 100 000 British thermal units per hour (Btu/h)..........................................................................................................................................._____ ¹

For the installation or relocation of each forced-air or gravity-type furnace or burner, including ducts and vents attached to such appliance, exceeding 100 000 Btu/h................................................_____ ¹

For the installation or relocation of each floor furnace, including vent..............................................................._____ ¹

For the installation or relocation of each suspended heater, recessed wall heater, or floor-mounted unit heater ................................................................................................................................_____ ¹ 2. Appliance Vents:

For the installation, relocation, or replacement of each appliance vent installed and not included in an appliance permit .........................................................................................................................._____ ¹ 3. Repairs or Additions:

For the repair of, alteration of, or addition to each heating appliance, refrigeration unit, cooling unit, absorption unit, or each heating, cooling, absorption, or evaporative cooling, system including installation of controls regulated by this code ........................................................................._____ ¹ 4. Boilers, Compressors, and Absorption Systems:

For the installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor, not exceeding 3 horsepower (hp), or each absorption system not exceeding 100 000 Btu/h......................................................_____ ¹

For the installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor exceeding 3 hp, not exceeding 15 hp, or each absorption system exceeding 100 000 Btu/h and including 500 000 Btu/h ................................._____ ¹

For the installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor exceeding 15 hp, not exceeding 30 hp, or each absorption system exceeding 500 000 Btu/h, not exceeding 1 000 000 Btu/h............................._____ ¹

For the installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor exceeding 30 hp, not exceeding 50 hp, or for each absorption system exceeding 1 000 000 Btu/h, not exceeding 1 750 000 Btu/h............................................................................................................................._____ ¹ For the installation or relocation of each boiler or compressor exceeding 50 hp, or each absorption system exceeding 1 750 000 Btu/h........................................................................................_____ ¹ 5. Air Handlers:

For each air-handling unit not exceeding 10 000 cubic feet per minute (CFM), including ducts attached thereto........................................................................................................................_____ ^{1, 2} 6. Evaporative Coolers:

For each air-handling unit exceeding 10 000 CFM ............................................................................................._____ ¹

For each evaporative cooler other than portable type .........................................................................................._____ ¹ 7. Ventilation and Exhaust:

For each ventilation fan connected to a single duct ............................................................................................._____ ¹

For each ventilation system that is not a portion of a heating or air-conditioning system authorized by a permit.........................................................................................................................................._____ ¹ For the installation of each hood that is served by mechanical exhaust, including the ducts for such hood ........................................................................................................................_____ ¹ 8. Incinerators:

For the installation or relocation of each domestic-type incinerator...................................................................._____ ¹ For the installation or relocation of each commercial or industrial-type incinerator..........................................._____ ¹

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TABLE 104.5 (continued) MECHANICAL PERMIT FEES 9. Miscellaneous:

For each appliance or piece of equipment regulated by this code, but not classed in other appliance categories, or for which no other fee is listed in this table..................................................................................._____ ¹ 10. Fuel Gas Piping: Where Chapter 13 or Appendix B is applicable (See Section 101.2), permit fees for fuel-gas piping shall be as follows: For each gas piping system of one to five outlets ................................................................................................_____ ¹ For each additional gas piping system, per outlet................................................................................................_____ ¹ 11. Process Piping: For each hazardous process piping system (HPP) of one to four outlets............................................................._____ ¹ For each HPP piping system of five or more outlets, per outlet .........................................................................._____ ¹ For each nonhazardous process piping system (NPP) of one to four outlets......................................................._____ ¹ For each NPP piping system of five or more outlets, per outlet .........................................................................._____ ¹

Other Inspections and Fees

1. Inspections outside of normal business hours, per hour (minimum charge – 2 hours)..............................................._____ ¹
2. Reinspection fees assessed under provisions of Section 105.2.6, per inspection ......................................................._____ ¹
3. Inspections for which no fee is specifically indicated, per hour (minimum charge – ¹ ∕ 2 hour)..................................._____ ¹
4. Additional plan review required by changes, additions, or revisions to plans or to plans for which an initial review has been completed, per hour (minimum charge – ¹ ∕ 2 hour).................................................................._____ ¹

For SI units: 1000 British thermal units per hour = 0.293 kW, 1 horsepower = 0.746 kW, 1 cubic foot per minute = 0.00047 m ³ / s

Notes:

1 Jurisdiction will indicate their fees here.

2 This fee shall not apply to an air-handling unit that is a portion of a factory-assembled appliance, cooling unit, evaporative cooler, or absorption unit for which a permit is required elsewhere in this code.

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